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New 1st SOW commander inherits Air Commando legacy

July 11, 2013 | Staff Reporters

HURLBURT FIELD – Before hundreds of Air Commandos, citizens of the Emerald Coast and static displays of special operations aircraft, Col. William West assumed command of the 1st Special Operations Wing during a July 3 change of command ceremony at the Freedom Hangar.

Col. William West, right, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing, takes the 1st SOW guideon from Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, left, during the wing’s change of command ceremony at the Freedom Hangar on July 3 at Hurlburt Field. Col. Jim Slife relinquished command of 1st SOW to West, former 27th Special Operations Group commander at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

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